Dentist&#39;s cotton-holder and waste-receptacle.



B. G. SIMMONS. .f DENTISTS COTTON HOLDER AND WASTE REOEPTAOLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1910.

Patented May 31, 1910.

i G- S m/I6 BERT GIFFORD SIMMONS, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TOJOHNSON do JOHNSON, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

DEN'IISTS COTTON-HOLDER AND WASTE-REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application flied March 3, 1910..Serial No. 547,061.

. Patented Ma} 31, 1910.

To all whom it may conc%n:'- V k Be it known that I, ERT Grrronn SIM-MONB, a citizen of the United States, and a verted and used as a tray onwhich pledgets may be made and medicated. To these and other ends, theinvention resides in the holder hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and sec e of the invention will bemore readily un erstood from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, and

wherein- Figure 1, is a perspective view of aholder embodying myimprovements and with the top or cover applied. Fig. 2, is a similarview with the cover removed to. disclose the manner of feeding thecotton or dressing; and F1 s. 3 and 4, are sectional views of the hol orwith the top applied, -Fig. 4'

showingthe top inverted for'use as a tray.

Referring to the drawings, 1, is a suitable holder or font, of glass orother appropriate material, of suflicient weight to offer someresistance to displacement. Said holder has an axial bore or passagethat may taper somewhat so as to frictionally engage the box or carton2', containing the cotton or dressing. The carton 2, is inserted throughthe base of the holder and its upward movement is stopped by an. inwardprojecting rim or flange 3, which constitutes the outlet through whichthe cotton is fed. The rim is offset as at 4, for the reoe tion of thedependin skirt-like wall of a dished top or cover 5, t at is invertible.The cover 5, has a boss 6, and when the cover is inverted, as in Fig. 4,the rim or flange 3, constitutes a socket for the boss. In the invertedposition the cover forms a tray 7, which is useful when pledgets ofcotton are to be made up by hand. The boss 6, has a.

amounts with pliers, as needed, with one hand only and carried with thepliers to the point of operation without handling with the fin ers. Theweight of the glass font or hol er keeps it in place and necessitatesthe use of one hand only in detaching the cotton for use, the cross-cutopening oflering sufiicient resistance for the purpose. The glass coverprotects the cotton except when removed for use and keeps it inasurgically clean condition.

Manifestly various changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and sec e of the invention. Hence the same isnot limited other than required by the prior state of the art. I

. Having described the nature and objects of the invention, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination ofa carton of cotton having'a suitable feed opening, and a casing orholder open at the bottom for the reception of the carton and providedat top with an inwardly directed flange which arrests the upwardmovement of the carton, and an invertible cover having receptacles onboth ends. r

2. The combination of a carton of cotton having a suitable feed opening,and a casing or holder open at the bottom for the reception of thecarton and provided at top with an inwardly directed marginal rim orflange that arrests the upward movement of the carton, and is offset,and an invertible cover adapted for use as a receptacle and having onone end a skirt-like flange adapted to the ofl'setand having on theother end a boss adapted to the flange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

